"'Nothing to do with it. Nothing—'
"'Nothing to do with it? Well, sir, we will accept that for a moment. Do you often go shopping in Alton?'
"The poor beggar shook his head. No voice in his throat.
"'Do you shop there once in a month, once in six months?'
"Shook again.
"'Are there chemists in the Garden House, in Tidborough, in Chovensbury?'
"Nods.
"'Are you known in all these places I have mentioned?'
"Nods.
"'Are you known in Alton?'